David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :
'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)
(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.
Recently rediscovered in Des Moines, USA, and now restored, is Apollo and Venus (c.1600) by
Otto van Veen, the teacher of Rubens.
Also recently found, this one in Australia, c.1900,
Venus and Susie at The See, Apollo Bay.
It is thought to be painted 'after Whistler' by one of the Heidelberg School artists, a playful Antipodean response to the 1897 Bliss Sands & Co publication Venus & Apollo in Painting and Sculpture by William Stillman.
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We weren't able to get to Canberra today for the ANU Japan Institute symposium OBJECTively - Connecting Australia and Japan: objects, cultural stories, people.
However, online, we have just enjoyed a similar symposium lecture from 2012 by Louise Allison Cort.
March 15, 2012, Louise Allison Cort, Curator for Ceramics, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. gives her lecture "Fine autumnal tones": Charles Lang Freer's Collecting of Asian Ceramics ( click the lecture title to watch video ) for the symposium The Dragon and the Chrysanthemum : Collecting Chinese and Japanese Art in America organized by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection, March 15-16, 2012.
from the lecture : Charles Lang Freer in 1903 looks at his 'Venus
Rising from the Sea' by Charles McNeill Whistler (c.1869-1870)
FIAPCE
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another downfall
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Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁:语嘿 is the first retrospective of leading contemporary Chinese artist Xiao Lu. The exhibition is anchored by Xiao Lu’s performance work
Dialogue from the landmark China/Avant-Garde exhibition at
the National Art Gallery, Beijing, in February 1989. This work,
in which the artist fires a gun at her own art installation, is a milestone in the development of contemporary art in China.
It has also has been read as a critical turning point in China’s recent history. While Dialogue remains an iconic work of that era, it is also one of the most misunderstood pieces of contemporary Chinese art. Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁:语嘿 examines Xiao Lu’s creative interest in deep emotion, extreme action, and chance. Spanning a period of 30 years, the exhibition presents significant performance works by Xiao Lu including a new commission that explores the artist’s ongoing connection to Australia.
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, until 24 March
Xiao Lu, One, performance, 5 Sept 2015, Valand Academy
University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Photo by Lin Qijian
Defining Place/Space: Contemporary Photography from Australia represents the current state of contemporary photography in Australia through the work of thirteen artists including several whose work is being shown in the United States for the first time. The featured photographers were nominated by five Australian senior curators of photography; finalists were selected by MOPA’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, Deborah Klochko.
The exhibition shows that art-making in Australia is not just about the flora and fauna of the country. The artists reflect many different perspectives on the creativity that exists in the country. The nomination of four Aboriginal artists touches upon the country’s relationship with indigenous people, and the ways that history affects art-making. Defining Place/Space is more than what people will expect...
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, until 22 September
Pat Brassington, Fall (2016) courtesy of ARC ONE Gallery
The two images above presented around the same time, along with this Mount Fuji, Dragon and signature brushwork by the renowned Samurai swordsman and Zen calligrapher Yamaoka Tesshū (1836-1888).
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Rachel Carson conducting marine biology research with Bob Hines
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At summer's end when the land appears exhausted
suddenly...
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Lycoris squamigera, the resurrection lily, is a plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It is also sometimes referred to as naked ladies. It is believed to have originated in Japan or China, perhaps a hybrid between Lycoris straminea and Lycoris incarnata.
The flowers spring dramatically from the ground in mid to late summer; it usually takes only four to five days from first emergence to full bloom. This suddenness is reflected in its common names: surprise lily, magic lily, and resurrection lily. (Wikipedia)
Bonzaviewscape
Label Kingdom Plantae
Clade Angiosperms
Clade Monocots
Order Asparagales
Family Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Genus Lycoris
Species L. squamigera
Binomial Lycoris squamigera
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CULTURAL CONSUMPTION PRODUCTION
Date -28 February 2019-
Artist Theatre of the Actors of Regard
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Seal of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See
to the United Nations
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Cardinal George Pell and the Coat of Arms of the Holy See
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Dream of 18/19 January 1989 : Sacred Sight
I am in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, at the entrance to
a small side altar where a Mass is always being celebrated.
This area is curtained and only the Faithful (No Tourists)
are permitted to enter, to pray and to partake in the Mass.
I am permitted to enter and go to a pew at the front,
on the right hand side.
Here, I watch the priest very closely.
He is not doing this out of habit or duty.
He is thoughtful, deliberate and very precise
in his saying of this Mass.
I empathise with his conviction, his intensity.
Then I understand that he is saying his First Mass
and that every part of his being
- his past, his present and his future -
is concentrated on his proper movement through
every moment of it.
I become aware - did he announce it?
did I simply realise it?
that he is offering his first Sacrifice of the Mass
in praise and thanks for the Gift of Sight.
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There are four photo portraits by David Roberts
in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
Three of these can be seen at the NPG website,
the fourth is represented there thus :
screenshot today
And below is the given text :
George Pell AC
b. 1941
George Pell AC (b. 1941) has been Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney since 2001. At Catholic college in Ballarat he was a good footballer, but he felt called to the priesthood and began studies at Corpus Christi in 1960. After further study in Rome, he was ordained in 1966. He received his PhD in church history from Oxford in 1971. Through the 1970s and early 1980s he served in various dioceses in Victoria, adding a master's degree in education to his qualifications. Appointed auxiliary bishop of Melbourne in 1987, he became that city's seventh Catholic archbishop in 1996; in 2001 he moved to take on the role of eighth Archbishop of Sydney. He was created a cardinal in 2003 and was one of the electors of the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. Generally characterised as a conservative as a consequence of his views on the ordination of women, the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDs, the celibacy of clergymen, divorce and climate change, Pell has written widely in religious and secular magazines, learned journals and newspapers in Australia and overseas and regularly speaks on television and radio. In late 2018 Cardinal Pell was convicted of child sex charges, the crimes having been perpetrated when he was the archbishop of Melbourne in 1996.
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Happy Birthday Gerald
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Keeper of the Great Seal of TAR (1936)
Collection of Keeper of Untitled Documents (1973)
Keeper of the Present Seal (after Schertzinger/Mercer/Ifield)
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We were fortunate to see Noel Counihan's Laughing Christ exhibition at Australian Galleries, Collingwood, in the early 1970s.
It remains a touchstone in our Images of Christ cataLOGOS/HA HA
Noel Counihan, Laughing Christ, 1970
There are many such volumes...
...and addenda, such as this by Mel Gibson (2004)
...and certainly this, published today.
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